I'VE BEEN HUNG UP ON AND THE OWNER HAS REPEATEDLY HUNG UP ON ME AND SAID SHE DOESN'T HAVE TIME TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, EVAN. TONIGHT THE IMAGES ARE STILL FRESH IN THE MINDS OF STUDENTS AND PARENTS. THEY PANICKED WHEN A 911 CALL CAUSED MASS CHAOS. THE CALLER SAID A GUNMAN WAS SHOOTING UP LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL. OF COURSE, IT WAS A HOAX. AND DEPUTIES THINK IT CAME FROM A 12-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO WAS JUST RELEASED FROM JUVENILE DETENTION THIS AFTERNOON. LOCAL 6'S ERIK von ANCKEN TRIED TO TALK TO THE BOY AND HIS MOM, BUT THEY REALLY WEREN'T SAYING MUCH, WERE THEY? NOT AT ALL. AFTER WE LEFT THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER, JUST UP THE ROAD HERE WE GOT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT AROUND PICKUP TIME AS PARENTS WERE PULLING UP OUT FRONT HERE TO GET THEIR KIDS. THEY ALL HAD ONE QUESTION. WHY WOULD THIS BOY DO THIS? IT'S A 12-YEAR-OLD HIDING UNDER THE HOOD AND FROM CAMERAS WAS SORRY, HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING THIS AFTERNOON. THE ADULT DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING EITHER, NOR DID APPARENT RELATIVES WHO WERE WITH HIM. I SAID I HAD NO STATEMENT TO MAKE. THE BOY SPENT ENOUGH TIME AT THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER THE JUDGE DECIDED EARLIER IN THE DAY AND ORDERED HIM RELEASED TO HIS MOTHER'S CUSTODY. DEPUTIES TRACKED HIM DOWN AT HIS MOTHER'S HOUSE AFTER MAKING THIS 911 CALL. WHAT DO YOU SEE RIGHT NOW? THERE'S A LOT OF BLOOD ALL OVER THE PLACE. THE GUYS ARE AROUND THE PLACE. IT'S NOT SAFE. THE FAKE CALL CLAIMED THERE WAS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER INSIDE LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL WHICH LED TO A LOCKDOWN, EVACUATIONS AND PANIC FROM PARENTS. COPS HAD JUST COME TO THE SCHOOL, WERE SURROUNDING THE SCHOOL. THEY HAD RIFLES OUT. WHAT DID THAT DO TO YOU? I WAS A NERVOUS WRECK. WHAT WAS YOUR PURPOSE IN DOING THIS? WHY DID YOU WANT TO SCARE EVERYBODY? YOU DON'T FEEL ALL THESE PARENTS DESERVE SOME SORT OF EXPLANATION? PERHAPS THOSE PARENTS AND THE STUDENTS WHO GO TO THE SCHOOL GET SOME ANSWERS ON MARCH 10TH, WHEN THE BOY GOES BACK TO COURT. OF COURSE, WE'LL BE THERE. SO WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? WHAT IS THIS BOY FACING? ARE WE TALKING CHARGES, FINES, BOTH? POSSIBLY. THE CHARGES ARE FOUR MISDEMEANOR CHARGES, CONSIDERING THE KID'S AGE, ONLY 12 YEARS OLD, THE JUDGE WILL LIKELY GO EASY ON HIM. THE FINES IS A DIFFERENT QUESTION. HE COULD BE FORCED TO PAY BACK ALL OF THE COSTS FOR THIS MAJOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE WHEN DEPUTIES JUST RUSHED AND POURED ALL OVER THIS CAMPUS, AGAIN, THINKING

LAKE MARY, Fla. -

A 12-year-old boy was arrested on allegations of calling 911 and reporting a shooting at Lake Mary High School. The call turned out to be a hoax and no shooting took place.

Lake Mary High School was placed under a Code Red lockdown Friday after a 911 caller reported a shooting at the campus, officials said.

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Seminole County sheriff's deputies said they arrested a 12-year-old student at a local middle school Friday afternoon and charged him with the misuse of 911 and disruption of an educational institution, both of which are misdemeanor offenses.

At 12:16 p.m. Friday, the boy, whose name has not been released, called 911 using a fictitious name and reported there had been a shooting at Lake Mary High School, telling dispatchers he was calling from a bathroom at the school, deputies said.

Authorities evacuated the school as a precaution. Seminole County sheriff's deputies said no evidence of a shooting was discovered, however, and the high school was later cleared.

"We believe it to be a hoax," Seminole County School Board spokesman Michael Lawrence said shortly after the school was cleared.

The boy was taken to the Juvenile Assessment Center. After appearing in front of a circuit court judge over the weekend, a public defender waived the boy's right to appear before a juvenile court judge on Monday. The judge ordered the boy's release into his mother's custody and his next court appearance will be March 10 at 8:30 a.m.

"(We) will do our best to represent child's interest," said public defender Joe Marchianda.

Authorities said earlier Friday if they caught the caller, he or she would face criminal charges and potentially be forced to pay back the cost of the law enforcement response, officials said.

Earlier Friday, students were ordered into closets for protection as police with guns drawn were spotted around the campus.

Students were later spotted leaving the school with their hands on their heads as law enforcement officers went classroom to classroom clearing the building.

"Cops came into our rooms and stuff like that they had big guns and they were like looking around," said student Sara Lounsberry. "They weren't asking for anything specific they were just making sure we were all there."

No one was injured in the incident.

Video from Local 6 helicopter Sky 6 showed numerous cars lined up outside the school as parents were trying to pick up their children.

"I wish they would have done something to let us know where the kids are, if there was some way we could get a hold of our children it's be really nice," said parent Linda Izbicky.

Nearby Greenwood Lakes Middle School was also locked down as a precaution during the incident.

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